Build Up
Successful subcontractor management goes beyond project completion. By setting clear expectations and providing meaningful support, builders can forge strong, long-term partnerships with subcontractors and external crews.
They’ve Got You Covered
As pool covers have evolved to accentuate a pool’s style, conserve energy and keep swimmers safe, they have also become more sophisticated, and some might say, more complicated to install.
Trending: Improving Business Operations in a Tight Labor Market
Many pool companies struggle with finding skilled employees in today’s tight labor market. For those who want to continue to provide their clients with service and maintenance of their automatic pool covers, partnering with a company that specializes in all makes and models of automatic pool covers is the ideal way to ensure your clients’ pools remain safe by keeping auto covers operational all year. Similarly, many home builders regularly partner with companies that specialize in plumbing or HVAC systems. This keeps builders from needing to have experts within their company to handle both the installation and service of plumbing and HVAC. Much like home builders, pool builders and servicers also find it beneficial to partner with automatic pool cover specialists both for the installation and servicing of automatic pool covers.
PHTA Seeks Comments on Revision of PHTA-12 Standard for Plastering of Swimming Pools
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance is welcoming public review and comments on revisions to the ANSI/APSP/ICC/NPC-12 2016 American National Standard for the Plastering of Swimming Pools and Spas.
Poolside by CGT Launches Annual Dealer Day Event
Poolside by CGT, a global manufacturer of vinyl material for swimming pool liners, hosted its first annual Dealer Day for pool builders and installers in March.
GENESIS: 26 Years and Onward
Educate. Certify. Connect.
These are the three cornerstones of GENESIS, the acclaimed pool industry education program that’s forging ahead into its 26th year.
CCEI Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Atlantic City
CCEI USA celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary on the NESPA show floor in Atlantic City in January.
PHTA Announces Revision of Plastering Standard, Calls for Committee Participation
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance announced the upcoming review and revision of ANSI/APSP/ICC/NPC-12 2016 American National Standard for the Plastering of Swimming Pools and Spas and calls for subject matter expert participation in the PHTA-12 standard writing committee.
PHTA Recognizes National Apprenticeship Week
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week Nov. 13-19. This year’s theme is “Registered Apprenticeship: Superhighway to Good Jobs.”
PHTA Announces Standard Revision of APSP-11 and Calls for Committee Participation
The PHTA is updating the 2019 Water Quality Standard for Pools and Spas and seeks experts for the PHTA-11 Committee.
Cover Care adds five locations
Cover Care, a non-franchised nationwide team of automatic pool cover experts who install and services automatic pool covers, has added new locations in Des Moines, Iowa; Frederick, Maryland; Bakersfield, California; Richmond, Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “As pool professionals continue to struggle with labor shortages, Cover Care is the ideal outsourcing solution for pool builders who…
A Faster Way to Plaster
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to look inside their own home for entertainment, Plaster Logic developed products and methods that get homeowners in their pools faster than ever.